P. Ipsens Enke

Abstact Menace C0143

Inventory Number
C0143Size
15 1/4" H x 6 1/4" WMaterial
StonewarePeriod
Art NouveauCountry of Origin
DenmarkYear Made
c1900Status
availableCondition
Perfect

Description

This unusual stoneware vase is simultaneously menacing and whimsical in appearance. Glazed black at the base and blending into gold-black toward the neck, the piece has a thick black rim that emerges at two points to form buttress-like handles. The rim, handles and other decorative elements are deliberately ambiguous, suggesting both benign vegetation and the face of a menacing beast. Mark: impressed in the clay under the glaze, P. Ipsen, Kopnhavn [Copenhagen]; incised 589.